Artgig Concert Report: The Dead Weather - Prospect Park, BK

Thu, Aug. 5 2010

We shut up shop early Tuesday to brave the BQE, landing in Prospect Park only moments before The Dead Weather hit the stage for a Celebrate Brooklyn benefit concert.And when Jack White appeared, blow torch in hand, on a perfect summer's eve, we snatched our frosty beverages from the Watering Hole and melded into the buzzing crowd.From that moment on, we were transported in an experience described afterward by our honorary Artgigger, Nick, as "soul cleansing."Yeah, soul cleansing with a blow torch - that about sums up the good old-fashioned rock concert The Dead Weather threw down - hustling, cussing and stomping through the night.When it was over and the dust settled, I was left literally stunned.That was The Dead Weather.

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